Seal for packing-cases.



A. J. PAROUBEK.

SEAL FOR PACKING CASES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1a. 1915.

1 ,1 89,6 17. Patented July 4, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed October 18, 1915. Serial No. 56,349.

Be it known that I, ANToN J. PAROUBEK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beacon, county of Dutchess, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seals for Packing-Cases, of

which the following is a full, clear, and'ex- I act description.

My invention relates to improvements in seals of closures for packing cases. It has got to be quite a common occurrence for the goods in packing cases to be tampered with while the goods are in transit, and often a case will be opened and its contents or a part of them abstracted. It is frequently difiicult in such cases to find out who the guilty party is, and a general loss and dissatisfaction results.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple device which will add very little to the cost of a packing case, and by means of which the packing case can be sealed so that it cannot be tampered with without detection, and furthermore in such a way that the packing case will be rendered much stronger than it is without the sealing attachment.

My invention also provides for having the seal show the name, and if desired, the trade mark of the manufacturer, and also for carrying a memorandum of the contents of the case, neither of which can be disturbed without breaking the seal, or at least destroying it sufficiently to cause detection.

My invention is also intended to produce a device which can be used repeatedly by the substitution of one small new part *occae sionally, and which can also be applied to old packing cases which are to be re-used.

A further object of my invention is to make a sealing device so that it can be riveted or fastened by a blow from a hammer, thus absolutely locking the device and the case to which it is attached.

Still another object of my invention is to make the device easily adjustable and applicable to packing cases, and apply it in such a way that it will not interfere with. the work of packing goods into the case.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a packingcase provided with my sealing device.

Fig. 2 is a broken enlarged detail view partly in section showing the construction of the locking part of the seal. Fig. 3 is a broken detail View of a part of the sealing device at the end opposite from that shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view showing how the outer and inner parts at the end of the box can be clenched together and secured to the box end.

The packing case 10 can be of any usual form or construction, or in fact of any pre ferred type, and I have shown it provided with end portions 11 as usual. To the inner side of each end 11 near the top is affixed a strap 12 which is preferably of metal and flexible, and near its upper end this strap is doubled over horizontally as shown at 13, and then returned upon itself as at 14:, forming a horizontally arranged keeper to receive the rivet 17 as presently described. The top edge of'the end portion 11 is recessed as shown at 15 so that the keeper, comprising the parts 1314, can lie in this recess, and with the member 14 no higher than the edge of the box. The member 14 is slotted as shown at 16 so that the stem of the rivet 17 can he slipped back and forth in the slot, while the head 18 will be firmly secured beneath the member 1 1. This adjustability of the rivet is important, as it enables it to be instantly and readily adjusted so as to register with the hole 20 in the box top 19, and with the holes 23 in the strap 21.

Near each end of the box a flexible strap 21, preferably of sheet metal, is fastened firmly to the box and extends entirely around the same, serving to secure the parts of the box together, after the well-known manner of applying reinforcing straps. The top portions of the strap where'the ends meet, are

arranged to overlap as shown at 22, and these ends are perforated as already described so that they can be slipped on over the rivet 17 It will be seen, therefore, that it is necessary to have the rivet slidably held so that it can be quickly and easily brought into registry with the several holes which it has to enter.

A tag 24:, which serves as a sealing member, is firmly applied, "this tag having its end portion perforated as shown at 25, so that it can be placed over the rivet'17, and having a tongue portion 24: which can be flattened down against the outside of the box end 11. The bodyportion of the tag can be lithographed or printed with the sired matter, and after the case is closed and the ends of the strap placed over the rivet as described, the tag or seal member 24 is secured in place, and then with a blow of a hammer on the exposed end of the rivet 17, the latter is headed, thus binding the 7 parts in place.

The plate 12 can be simply tacked to the inner side of the case end, but the preferred way is to have the nail 30 driven through the perforation ofthe plate and through the perforation in the tongue 24* of the-tag or seal member 24;, where it can be riveted as which a memorandum card or bill or label 29 can. be inserted. This memorandum has the .name of the consignee written thereon so asto be exposed in the slot 29, and the body portion of the-memorandum is-placed -on over the rivet 17 before the latter is headed. Thus it will be seen that if. the

member 26 is raised and the memorandum 7 removed, it can only be by tearing the memorandum, which will be evidence that the box has been tampered with.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the structure embodying my im-" provement is ofthe simplest nature, that it serves to strengthen the box, and that it is absolutely impossible to open the box with-' out disrupting one of the seal members 24 or 26, and by breaking the seal showing clearly that the box has been surreptitiously opened, and as a record is kept of the parties through whose hands the case goes in tran sit, the guilty party can'be more easily located. Thus I provide a simple sealing device which makesshipping secure and makes an unusually strong packing case. F urthermore, it will be noticed that the attachment for sealing and fastening does not interfere with the ordinary functions of the case, and that there is nothing about it to prevent the case from being packed with the usual con-' 1 venience.

I claim 1. A structure of the kind described comprising in combination, a packing case, a keeper secured to the inner side of the case and lying adjacent to oneedge thereof, a"

strap extending'around the case and having perforated ends outside the top but adj acent to the keeper, a rivet held in the keeper Copies otthil patent may be obtained for and extending through the box top and strap ends, and a sealing tag having one portion secured to the box end and the other portion fastened by the aforementioned rivet.

2. The combination with a packing case, of a keeper on the edge of the case, a rivet held: in the keeper and extending through the case top, fastening straps extending around the case and: opposite the rivet, said straps being perforated to receive the rivet, and a tag or seal member perforated to receive the rivet and fastened to' one wall of the case.

3. The combination with a packing case, of a" keeper secured on the edge thereof, a rivet adjustable horizontally in the keeper and adapted to project upward through the case top, a binding strap extending around the case and having overlapping perforated ends to fit on over the aforesaid rivet, and a tagor sea-l member having one end fastened to a perpendicular wall of the box and the other end fitting over the aforesaid rivet.

4. The combination with a packing case, of a strap secured to the inner wall thereof, said strap being formed into a keeper which overlaps the case edge, a rivet secured in the keeper and extending upward through the case top,fa binding strap having perforated overlapping ends which fit over the'rivet, a tag or seal member having one portion fitting over the rivet and the other portion extending down the. perpendicular wall of the case opposite the inside strap, and a clenched fastening securing the inner strap and the outer seal member to the box wall.

5'; The combination with the case having,

ends to fit over the keeper, and a tag or seal member fitting over the rivet and attached to the outer wall of the case.

6. The combination with the case, of a rivet secured tothe top edge thereof and projecting through the cover of the case, and atag or sealmember having atongue secured to the outer wallof the case and its top portion secured to the aforesaid rivet,

saidseal member being slotted and containing a memorandum slip which is also: se-

cured to the aforesaid rivet.

, ANTON J. PAROUBEK. Witnesses: I

. WARREN B. HUToHINsoN,

ARTHUR-G. DANNELL.

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